What Hi-Fi?

What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision is the world's leading independent guide to buying and owning hi-fi and home cinema products. Our comprehensive tests help you buy the best equipment for your cash, with the magazine's advice sections giving you step-by-step information on how to get even more from your music and movies.

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HOW WE TEST

Focal Mu-so Hekla • The explosive Hekla lives up to its name

Sony Bravia 7 II • Sony’s imperfect step-down RGB Mini LED also gets plenty right

Soundcore Nebula X1 Pro • Is it a robot? Is it a suitcase? No, it’s a 4K projector on wheels!

Roberts Stream 219 • Multiple music-playing options at your fingertips

JBL Live 780NC • A welcome splash of colour, along with ample talent

Bose Lifestyle Ultra Speaker • Bose’s premium wireless speaker misses the mark

Sony Bravia Theatre Trio • Three is the magic number for this impressive cross-breed

Fyne Audio Cubitt 5 • Is Fyne’s first foray into active speakers a success?

Audio-Technica AT-VM740xML • A polished and balanced cartridge that does a lot right

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YOSUKE KOIZUMI MEET THE MAN BEHIND AUDIO-TECHNICA’S NEW £9999 TURNTABLE CARTRIDGE • Yosuke Koizumi talks to Technical Editor Ketan Bharadia about the range topping AT-MCD1 moving-coil cartridge’s design

TOP FIVE LAUNCHES • Five products to look out for this month

Head masters • Ten pairs of premium noise-cancelling over-ear headphones that are just too cool for school

Sony WH-1000XM6 • Can Sony’s no-longer flagship wireless headphones keep pace?

Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S3 • Beautiful headphones that make a stunning sound

Sennheiser Momentum 5 Wireless • Sennheiser’s fifth-gen Momentum have been worth the wait

Bose QuietComfort Ultra (2nd Gen) • Bose fixes the original Ultra’s flaws while furthering their strengths, but is that enough?

Sennheiser HDB 630 • Sennheiser sets a new standard of wireless sound at this level with its clever bundled accessory

Apple AirPods Max 2 • Maximum luxury, but should Apple have strayed from the formula more?

Dali IO-8 • Great build, premium feel and excellent sound

Sony 1000X The Collexion • Are these the best wireless headphones Sony has ever made?

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 • Luxury wireless headphones with the sound to match

Focal Bathys • Focal’s deep dive into wireless noise-cancelling headphones proves a worthy exploration

Sony Bravia Theatre Bar 7 + S vs Sonos Arc Ultra: which Dolby Atmos soundbar is best? • Can the Sony system trouble our Award-winner?

OH VIENNA! • These exciting product reveals at High End Vienna 2026 mean quite a lot to us, actually…

BOWERS & WILKINS 800 SERIES DIAMOND SPEAKERS • B&W’s all-new flagship speaker range celebrates 60 years of the iconic British brand

CAMBRIDGE AUDIO EVO 300 • The British audio brand showcased its latest, top-of-the-range music streamer

DALI VEGA • Dali’s latest all-in-one solution aims to make its mark – and it certainly stands out from the crowd

JBL EVEREST AND K2 SUMMIT SPEAKERS • Could these mighty new floorstanders represent the peak of stereo speaker performance?

MOON 491 STREAMING PREAMP AND 461 POWER AMP • This high-end pairing promises much on a short listen

RUARK R710 STREAMING AMPLIFIER • Our first look at the R710 streaming amp and Talisman-R floorstanders

Mission’s 771e (1998) • Mission’s 771e proved it could do no wrong in the budget-speaker market at the turn of the century

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